Requires the periodic inspection of commercial buildings where bicycles with electric assist are repaired, sold, rented, or stored for repair, sale, or rental; requires such inspection quarterly; requires the state fire prevention and building code council to establish a fee for such inspection; requires the inspection of such buildings following a fire-related emergency or other fire-related incident.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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4852
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 6, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. CHANG, NOVAKHOV -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring the
inspection of buildings where bicycles with electric assist are
repaired, sold, rented, or stored for repair, sale, or rental
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 378 of the executive law is amended by adding two
2 new subdivisions 21 and 22 to read as follows:
3 21. Standards for fire safety inspections of commercial buildings
4 where bicycles with electric assist are repaired, sold, rented, or
5 stored for repair, sale, or rental requiring an appropriate and quali-
6 fied inspector, as determined by the local government, to perform a
7 quarterly fire safety inspection of any commercial building where bicy-
8 cles with electric assist are repaired, sold, rented, or stored for
9 repair, sale, or rental. The council shall establish a reasonable fee
10 for such inspection within forty-five days of the effective date of this
11 subdivision. For the purposes of this section, "bicycle with electric
12 assist" shall have the same meaning as section one hundred two-c of the
13 vehicle and traffic law and shall further include any batteries or elec-
14 trical systems for a bicycle with electric assist.
15 22. Standards for after a fire-related emergency or other fire-related
16 incident occurs in a building where bicycles with electric assist are
17 repaired, sold, rented, or stored for repair, sale or rental, requiring
18 no bicycles with electric assist be stored on the premises for any
19 purpose until the premises have been inspected and determined to be in
20 compliance with all relevant laws and regulations by an appropriate and
21 qualified inspector as determined by the local government.
22 § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
23 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD07580-01-5
